Philosophy
Four principles that hold the portfolio together. Each one explains why something in the CorvidLabs catalogue exists, and how the pieces fit.
Not a startup chasing an exit. A flock of builders where each tool feeds the others. spec-sync keeps fledge honest. fledge feeds Merlin. Merlin helps build the next tool. The bet: every new primitive makes everything above it sharper.
Most tools have a fixed surface. fledge has a plugin protocol. spec-sync validates contracts across every CorvidLabs language with one shared format. Merlin's tool surface is composable: change a plugin, change what the agent can do. Plugin-architecture-as-moat is the central technical bet.
When something genuinely needs settlement, we reach for Algorand: fast finality, fractions-of-a-cent fees, and mature SDKs in every language we use. AlgoChat settles on it for on-chain transport. One capability among many, not the center of gravity.
Tools that benefit from outside adoption go public. fledge, the swift-* family, every AlgoChat impl. Methodology-shaped tools stay private until they're ready for the public. Neither default. Both deliberate.
The principle above, drawn as a picture. Five layers, read top to bottom; each one is built on the layer beneath it, and every new primitive at the bottom sharpens every layer above.
The products people actually use. Each one pulls from every layer below it.
Local-first voice dictation: Whisper transcription, on-device polish, system-wide paste. Invite-only alpha you can run today.
View Quill →A weather app for iOS and Android, built from one shared Kotlin Multiplatform core.
View Podo →The weather API that serves Podo. Small, fast, written in Rust.
View Rita →How AI participates in the work.
General-purpose libraries the tools and showcases build on. Released and used in CI across the org.
One CLI for the whole dev lifecycle: task runner, scaffolding, AI review, and a plugin protocol that extends all of it.
View fledge →Deterministic diff-risk scoring with no LLM: eight signals, one verdict (proceed, review, or block). The same number gates humans and agents.
View augur →Signed provenance for code changes, stored in git notes. A policy-gated trust ledger keyed to commit SHAs.
View attest →An end-to-end encrypted messaging protocol with six implementations and one wire format. Settles on Algorand when you want on-chain transport.
View AlgoChat →The thing the whole stack depends on staying honest.
The chain underneath the parts that need one.
Roughly three-second finality and fractions-of-a-cent fees. AlgoChat settles on it for on-chain transport when you want it.
The work isn't parallel. There's a critical path, and most of the foundation is already in place. Naming it shows what's done and what's left.
If this resonates
The work speaks first. The catalogue is the pitch. If a tool fits how you build, take it.